New Jersey Has Paid More Than $3 Million For Christie's BridgeGate Defense
Source: TPM
ERIC LACH JUNE 10, 2014, 10:20 AM EDT
An invoice made public Monday night showed that lawyers hired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office billed the state $2.16 million in February, according to The Newark Star-Ledger.
Added to the nearly $1.1 million billed for work done in January, that brings Christie's office's legal bills related to the George Washington Bridge scandal to $3.26 million, without yet taking work done since March into account.
Christie's office hired the firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in January to conduct an internal review of the September lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, and to respond to the various investigations looking into the incident. In March, the firm released a report -- called the Mastro report after lead attorney Randy Mastro -- clearing Christie of any role in the scandal. Democrats have criticized the report as a "whitewash," and several current and former Christie administration figures have cited factual errors in the document.
According to the Star-Ledger, Acting New Jersey Attorney General John Hoffman also said Monday that he had approved seven private law firms to represent 23 staff members. The names of the individual staff members were not released. In addition, the state has agreed to pay a portion of former Christie campaign manager Bill Stepien's legal bills.
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JustAnotherGen
(33,030 posts)Manufacturing a crisis for profit? I wonder how much money they have to pass back to Christies pockets? It's like a never ending circle of corruption.
E-Z-B
(567 posts)gussmith
(280 posts)How are the New Jersey taxpayers' interests being represented when there is a taking of their money but no accountability?
CTyankee
(64,531 posts)that to do GOOD for the people?
LuckyLib
(6,853 posts)How many lawyers and how many hours did that involve? Good grief, what a criminal enterprise, both the firms billing AND Christie's office nailing the taxpayers of the state.
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)It's just the beginning.... think of all the streets that won't get repaired, the crimes that go uninvestigated, the school funds that go unspent on needed activities. Oh yes, this Governor is a complete TAX MAGNET and it has only just begun.
Hang on to your wallets & purses New Jersey, because they are going to quite in demand going forward to pay for ALL of this.